Stovepipe-thimble.



No. 632,8I8. l Patented Sept. I2, |899.

F. S. LINCH.

STDVEPIPE THIMBLE.

(Application led Aug. 27, 1898.) ('No Model.)

NTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK S. LINOH, OF PARIS, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO ROBERT P.MAYO, OF SAME PLACE.

STOVEPlPE-'THIMBLB SPECIFICATION forming part ofl Letters Patent No.632,818, dated September 12, 1899.

Application filed August 27,1898. Serial No. 689,677. l(No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK S. LINCH, a citi- Zen of the United States,residing at Paris, in the county of Lamar, State of Texas, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Stovepipe-Thimbles; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eX- actdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Myinvention relates to stovepipethimbles, and has for its object toprovide a thimble for a tent, whereby a stovepipe may be passed throughthe canvas of the tent and may yet not burn or otherwise injure thefabric.

A further object of my invention is to so construct the thimble that itmay be closed when the pipe is not in use and which, moreover, when inuse will prevent the passing of rain between its parts, with consequentrusting of the metal and injury to the fabric of the tent.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification and in whichlike letters of reference indicate similar parts in the several views,Figure 1 is an edge View of my invention, showing the cover of thethimble-open ing in place. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same, thethimble-cover being raised and a stovepipe being shown in position.

Referring now to the drawings, in operating in accordance with myinvention I form a disk ct of tin, brass, or othersuitable metal, whichdisk has a bead b at its periphery, and which bead projects at one sideof the disk only. At the center of the disk is formed a circularopening, the edge of said opening being turned upwardly to form a flangec, as shown. Cooperating with the disk a is a second disk d, whichlatter has also a bead e at its periphery, the bead extending from oneside of the disk only. The diameter of the second disk is slightlygreater than that of the first-named disk, whereby the rst-named diskwill lie within the disk d, the beads of the two disks being separatedby a slight interspace sufficient to receive a thickness of canvas j',as shown. At the center of disk d is likewise formed a circular opening,the edge of which opening is bent upwardly and then inwardly anddownwardly, as shown,

whereby when the disks are assembled, as shown in Fig. 2 of thedrawings,the edge or flange h of opening g will inclose the iiange c for apurpose which will be presently eX- plained. y

In practice an opening is cut in the fabric of the tent corresponding tothe openings in the two disks, the disk a being then placed on the innerface of the fabric and the disk d on the outer face, with the fabricbetween them and with their openings registering with the opening in thetent fabric. Bolts t are then passed through registering openings in thedisks and tent fabric, and by screwing up their nuts 7o the disks arebrought together upon the fabric, with the result that the latter isheld tightly between the disks and is bent downwardly over the bead b ofdisk ct. Thus when rain falls upon the disk dit will run off, over thebead onto the canvas and will not leak through at the edge of the disk.

In order to close the opening g, a lid comprising a disk l, having adepending flange m at its periphery, is hinged to the upper face of diskd in a position to be swung down to inclose the edge or flange 7L, thelid being held down by means of a springwire n, passed through an eye o,projecting from the under side of the lid, the ends of the wireixnpinging the under side of disk a.

As shown in, Fig. 2 of the drawings, the method of operation of mydevice is to lift the lid and pass the smoke-pipe through the openingsin the disks and tent fabric, the said openings being made to receivesnugly the standard size of pipe. l

It will be readily understood that I may vary the specic constructionand arrangement herein shown and described without departing in anymanner from the spirit of my invention and that any material may be usedin the construction of the device that may be deemed expedient.

A thickness of asbestos may be placed on the exposed side of thedownturned portion of the disk d, as shown at g, in such a manner as toprevent engagement of the stovepipe with the said downturned portion.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is l. Astovepipe-thimble, consisting of a disk havingr a central opening havingits edge projecting at right angles to the face of the disk, a seconddisk having a central opening, the edge of the opening being projectedat right angles to the face of the disk, and a peripheral bead on thesecond disk inclosing the first-named disk.

2. A stovepipe-thimble comprising a disk having a-central opening, theedge of the opening being projected at an angle to the disk,

said disk having also a peripheral bead projecting at one side of thedisk only, a second disk having a central opening, the edge of theopening being projected from the disk outwardly and then downwardly toinclose the edge of the opening in the first-named disk, a bead on thesecond disk projecting at one side thereof to encircle the first-nameddisk, and means for fastening the disks together.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature 2o in presence of twowitnesses.

FRANK S. LINCH..

Vitnesses:

W. M. MOORE, J. S. STONE.

